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enshrined in the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) as a priority area.
This curriculum emphasis coupled with the bias given by many teachers to games
ensures that competitive team games are given high status in physical education.
Worldwide there is a similar orientation towards games, particularly competitive games,
discourse (Hardman & Marshall, 2005). Doherty and Bailey (2003) highlight that
children themselves place a high value on games, but warn of the danger of placing
games in a prominent position in schools and society. A wide range of skills
development and experience in individual and small sided games are important as
opposed to the disproportionate amount of time which is placed on major team games.
Basketball (68%) and Gaelic football (64%) were the most common activities
undertaken by both boys and girls in primary schools surveyed in the Children’s Sport
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